USAF inactivates the 85th Group at NAS Keflavik, Iceland, where it had supported USAF fighter rotations. NAS Keflavik closes Sept. 8, 2006.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3